In many places around the world, summer holidays are in full swing and vacations are around the corner. For people with diabetes, going on a trip can mean an additional organisational effort or stress (possible time and temperature differences, dietary deviations, travel stress, more or less activity… and the list goes on!) As vacations can often bring an unbalance to the usual daily diabetes management routine, Roche Diabetes Care would like to share seven simple tips that can help enjoy a relaxed and fun vacation time while managing diabetes.  

Did you know that access to basic educational diabetes material, let alone diabetes management supplies (i.e.  insulin, oral medicine, psychological support), is not available to a large number of people around the world? This is also a reality  in India, a country that has the second-highest number of adult population (aged 20-79 years) living with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas 2021. And numbers are not any better for younger generations.

Living with diabetes is often complex and always personal. Managing this chronic condition is a round-the-clock task. While many resources exist to support glucose monitoring, or tracking of nutrition and lifestyle data, improving medical outcomes and keeping glucose levels in range is an ongoing challenge. Treatment success depends on a range of factors – and the more personalised the therapy is, the better the outcomes will be.